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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 295294, member: 6763&quot;]Jerome:</p><p>&nbsp; As stated above the Merc dime pre-dated fascism by a few years.</p><p>Also, the original meaning as displayed in the Merc reverse was for peace, not the dictatorship in Italy during the early 20th century. In addition, the fasces as used in Roman times denoted the sign of a free man. (If I am incorrect someone will quickly correct me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Therefore, there was no reason to change the design, since they had nothing to do with each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, both your original posting and the one above still seemed to be facetious and that was why you brought out only the best in comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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